The Curse of Being a Little Girl
In her book, she details how the justice system failed to prosecute my uncle Ricky, whom she refers to as Jason, for sexual crimes that he committed against myself and his own children. Mine and Jane's paths crossed last year and we've become friends. Small world. I'll share my poem below and my experiences with Uncle Ricky in a future post
Just the other day, a local teacher was arrested for making his fourth grader pose for positions in online porn. What did that little girl learn from her teacher? Besides the norm? Life is not fair. It's not that I'm unaware that this happens to little boys, but I know it's not. As often I'm one of those girls who carries the scars. And I am an overprotective mother of a little girl. I'll never stop worrying
Evelyn Phipps
@LadyFi · 1:41
Thank you so much for sharing this. I know it took bravery for you to talk about it. I know it did. And this is why I always protected my daughters. You know, not that I wouldn't protect my sons if I had sons, but I always protected my daughters because my mother was molested and she protected us so good, you know, she had three daughters and one son. She never let us stay overnight at anybody's house
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15
You. Thank you for listening and sharing your insight. I think the statistics are higher than what I found out in my research because of the fear that the abusers instill in their victims. I don't see myself so much as brave, but angry that people are expected to keep these secrets to save the reputation of the abuser or other family
Evelyn Phipps
@LadyFi · 1:02
It. I'm sorry that people try to keep it quiet because they do. People are embarrassed and they try to keep it quiet. They don't want you to talk about it. I felt the same way because I'm writing a book and I feel like I can't write the book until my relatives are dead. But if I leave it like that and just don't write the book until all of them are gone, no. I have a story to tell. It's my story
